Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

Each local authority has different ways of promoting tourism. The catchy slogan of Donegal County Council is "Up here it's different" and this has worked well over the years. Following on from the remarks of Senator Brian Hayes, I want to raise what is happening at national and local authority levels. This week the Bill introduced by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was debated by our local authority, but members on the Government side objected to development charge levies. One thing is happening in the House and another is happening at local authority level.